Refraction of light and Snell's Law
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- A ray of light is traveling from water to diamond. The refractive index of water is 1.33 and that of diamond is 2.42.
- Which medium is optically denser medium?
- Compare the angle of incidence to the angle of refraction.
- What happens to the speed of light as it goes from water to diamond?
- A beam of light strikes a sheet of glass at an angle of 60°. Find the angle of refraction.
- A ray of light incident upon a piece of diamond and gets refracted with an angle of 22°. What is the angle of incidence?
- Find the speed of light in glass.